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Etching of three putti holding a garland while two leopards leap over it, a decorative frieze design.

Design for a Frieze with Three Putti holding a Garland and Two Leopards jumping over it, plate 16 from "Decorative fr…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1645-50

An eagle walking towards the right, a bust of a woman to right turned in profile towards the left, plate 1 from "Frie…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1638-43

Etched frieze with a bearded grotesque head, ram skull, and winged chimera among scrolling foliage and a laurel wreath.

Three fragments of friezes; on top, a grotesque head of a man, a skull of a ram at bottom left and a chimera at botto…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1638-43

Etched frieze of two infants with scrolled legs in water, a dolphin at right, and small grotesque heads below.

Two infants standing in the water at center with their legs as scrollwork, below three small sketches of heads, plate…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1638-43

Etched ornament plate with five grotesque heads, bearded faces and curling foliage scrollwork in a decorative frieze.

Five grotesque heads, plate 4 from "Friezes, foliage, and grotesques" (Frises, feuillages et grotesques)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1638-43

Etched frieze with scrolling foliage, a bearded grotesque face, a lion head, a ram skull, and a second grotesque face.

Two friezes; at top, a grotesque head of an old man to left, a lion head to right, at bottom, a ram skull to left, a…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1638-43

Etched frieze with a triton and siren embracing among scrolls and reeds, a swan at right, and an old man's grotesque head bel

A triton and a siren fighting at center, their legs as scrollwork, a swan to right, the grotesque head of an old man…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1638-43

Etched ornamental frieze with an eagle, a lion head in a scroll, and grotesque masks among acanthus foliage.

Two friezes; at top, an eagle and the head of a lion, at bottom, a lion head and two grotesque heads of men, plate 7…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1638-43

Etched ornamental plate with four grotesque heads framed by curling scrollwork and foliage.

Four grotesque heads with scrollwork, plate 8 from "Friezes, foliage, and grotesques" (Frises, feuillages et grotesques)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1638-43

Etching of seven ornamental vases with flower arrangements, the central one decorated with a Medusa face.

Seven vases, the vase in the middle decorated with the face of Medusa, Plate 1 from "Collection of Various Vases" (Ra…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1650-56

Etching of seven ornamental vases with flowers, the central vase held up by three infants holding ewers.

Seven vases, the vase in the middle formed by three infants, each holding an ewer, plate 3 from "Collection of Variou…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1650-56

Etching of eight ornate vases with flowers, a central basin held by putti, and decorative urns on a plain background.

Eight vases, the largest one in the middle with three sculptures in the round of two nymphs and a triton, plate 2 fro…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1650-56

Etching of six ornamental vases with flower arrangements, putti and satyrs, plus two small vase sketches at the edges.

Six vases, and two sketches of vases on the extremities, plate 5 from "Collection of Various Vases" (Raccolta di Vasi…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1650-56

Etching of eight ornate vases with flower arrangements, the largest central vase flanked by two sculpted figures.

Eight vases, the largest one in center with sculptures of a nymph and a faun, plate 4 from "Collection of Various Vas…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1650-56

Etching of eight ornamental vases, with a central urn supported by two laurel-wreathed skulls and figural reliefs.

Eight vases, a clepsydra in center decorated with two skulls with laurel wreaths, plate 6 from "Collection of Various…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1650-56

Etching of turbaned horsemen and a figure with a raised sword facing a charging bull, with a fallen rider and horse in the fo

Plate 3 from " La Tauromaquia": The Moors settled in Spain, giving up the superstitions of the Koran, adopted this ar…

Francisco Goya, 1816

Engraved print of an Ionic column capital with spiral volutes, egg-and-dart molding, fluted shaft, and measurement marks.

Ionic Capital

Monogrammist G.A. with the Caltrop, ca. 1530-40

Etching of a mounted rider with a lance attacking a charging bull on open ground, with another horseman behind.

Plate 1 from "La Tauromaquia": The way in which the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the open country

Francisco Goya, 1816

Engraved print of an Ionic column base on a plinth, with acanthus leaf carving, fluted molding and measurement labels.

Ionic Base

Monogrammist G.A. with the Caltrop, ca. 1530-40

Etching of two men in period dress thrusting lances at a charging bull on an open field under a cloudy sky.

Plate 2 from "La Tauromaquia": Another way of hunting on foot

Francisco Goya, 1816

Engraved study of a Corinthian column base with layered moldings and acanthus carving on a square plinth, with measurement la

Corinthian Base

Monogrammist G.A. with the Caltrop, ca. 1530-40

Etching of a bull charging a cape-wielding man in an arena, with another figure standing and one seated with raised arms.

Plate 4 from "La Tauromaquia": They play another with the cape in an enclosure

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a bullfighter with a cape facing a bull in an arena, with figures in cloaks and spectators behind a wooden barrier

Plate 7 from "La Tauromaquia": Origin of the harpoon or banderillas

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a bull goring a man in a bullring while another figure waves a cloak to distract it.

Plate 8 from "La Tauromaquia": A Moor caught by the bull in the ring

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of an armored figure gripping a bull's horns while a wounded horse stands nearby in an arena.

Plate 9 from "La Tauromaquia": A Spanish knight kills the bull after having lost his horse

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a mounted rider with a spear facing a charging bull in an arena, plate 24 of Goya's La Tauromaquia.

Plate 24 of "La Tauromaquia": The same Ceballos mounted on another bull breaks short spears in the ring at Madrid

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a lance-wielding horseman facing a charging bull in a bullring, with spectators along the top edge.

Plate 22 from "La Tauromaquia": Manly courage of the celebrated Pajuelera in [the ring] at Zaragoza

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a bull charging a draped table as a man leaps onto it in a bullring, with spectators watching at right.

Plate 19 of "La Tauromaquia": Another madness of his in the same ring

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a bull charging at a seated matador on a chair in an arena while spectators watch from the stands.

Plate 18 of "La 'Tauromaquia": The daring of Martincho in the ring at Zaragoza

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a bull among tossed and fallen donkeys, with men holding long poles at left and right in an arena.

Plate 17 of "La Tauromaquia": The Moors use donkeys as a barrier to defend themselves against the bull whose horns ha…

Francisco Goya, 1816